SoCalTiger

Cleveland is getting killed on twitter but astutely they decided that Rosario's' defense is so bad they can not win with him at shortstop and as such he has no place to play. While Syndergard sucks perhaps he was hurt and at least provides depth allowing them to trade a starting pitcher for offense.

Yes indeed that would be fun to hear. Probably lots of polite language and platitudes back and forth summarizing in Ohtani's mind as " You just view me as a cash cow and have no intention or ability to develop a winner which you proved by NOT trading me but let's start with $600 million for 10 years so I can play you for a bigger deal from the Dodgers and you can save face with your fans "

Ohtani will not be traded. And may I add will not resign with the Angels. That's Arte Moreno in a nutshell.

Wow that has to be top 5 or so among catchers isn't it ?

Jake...play me every day ..Rogers with the BOMB !

I read Morosi and like him also but not to be rude does any of his predictions ring true ?

Carpenter is a DH in my book. Period. I am tired of Detroit forcing bad defenders on the field AND hoping they hit. Get defenders who can swing the bat or move on to the next one. Our minors and majors are filled with crappy defenders..Mallory- Keith- Jung- Badoo- Carpenter - Haas...just STOP. Baez is our best defender and everyone wants him replaced. It's backwards. Why try to develop Pitching when your defense can not catch the ball or throw it. Think Defense and you will end up with all around players that can win the game on both sides of the ball.

If we are trading Manning then I am calling Baltimore for Westberg and third base is solved for 5 years. Greene-Tork_Carpenter are becoming a semblance of a middle batting order so I would hesitate to trade Carpenter. Thats progress but the problem is they cover the easiest positions to fill on a team - Leftfield- First base and DH which is why the rebuild is still daunting. Turnbull is fodder in my book and I am tired of his promise. Four seasons with only 60 starts and we are still hoping. Forget it. Get him pitching and trade him this off season.

Yes exactly. Not saying hitting is isn’t important. Of course it is but hitters who field are key. The ball will find you. See Buckner. Bill or painfully our Tiger pitchers in the 2006 World Series to name just two.

84 Tigers 🐅 Parrish Trammel Whitaker Lemon up the middle. Morris and Petry starting with Lopez and Hernandez closing.

I think Harris is ok with tearing up the bullpen to solidify the lineup and as such will trade a controlled reliever, Foley-Lange- Holten , with a rental starter, Rodriguez -Lorenzen, to get a core piece and would be open to adding a minor leaguer in the deal as well. In such a scenario trading partners might give more knowing if the playoffs flop they still have assets for 2024. The hybrid Buy and sell is emerging as the new trade preference.

The Mets $$$ might break the trend with Ohtani but my bet is with Dodgers or Mariners with heavy lean LA since it will be excess of 550 million.

No they didn’t. The Asian players prefer the west coast for travel and the time zone allows friends and family to watch live in the mornings Korean and Japanese time. I think flight times from Seattle to Tokyo are only about 8 hours which is why there is a large Japanese population in Seattle Good for the Mariners in their pursuit of Ohtani I think he spends part of his off season there as well

I was pinning for Al to sign Kim out of Korea when he was posted. He started slow in the states but is in gear now and killed it in Korea. I think he will be a free agent after his contract expires.

Thanks but it’s just my impression so I could be wrong. We can watch and see if it plays out.

Agree with you. Hitting slumps. Defense is daily.

Also all of Badoos great catches are to his glove side I believe. He doesn’t like shopping at the Gap.

Badoo has improved in the field but still takes bad routes. Sometimes his speed over comes that and other times it doesn’t. He is Inconsistent and his throwing is terrible and teams run at will. I say play it out this year and if he hits trade him this off season. Riley Greene should be our left fielder. His arm plays there, it’s a large area he can handle and it’s easy on hit legs. He runs so upright he pounds his shins. Get Verling in right field where his arm plays and his half tick slow reads don’t hurt as much as center. And bring Meadows up for center. Now. We have lost two games Marisnick would have won with catches. And keep Carpenter at DH. Defense. Please.

The worst part of the JD trade was Al forcing the manager to play Lugo so much because he was desperate for a miracle.

Not only a win that Lorenzen did well but it plays perfectly in Harris desire to build a reputation of players coming to Detroit and getting better.

San Diego coming to bury their season getting swept by the Tigers.

You beat me to it and expressed it much better !

Baez has value and starting tomorrow represents the potential to bounce back. I still like his skill set and have more confidence with him at bat than anyone else but Greene Verling Tork and Carpenter. If he did opt out we slip backwards as a team. As others have said we just need to add two solid bats and others will improve. Baez always excelled as a side kick not a main character. That’s what we need. As for Erod I would offer to add one more year and 30 mil to his contract. Four years 70 mil. If he declines then trade him. Lorenzen I am trading 100 %. Not enough history of success as a Starting pitcher and coming off an All Star nod so his stock is at the peak. We need another Verling/ Maton type return to build depth but Harris must bring back hitters who can defend. Then add a solid player or two in free agency or trade and another couple pitchers. . And yes we can trade minor leaguers not named Keith to make it happen.

I just hope DEFENSE is at the top of Harris mind when making decisions. Badoo is a so so fielder who can not throw and a liability in the outfield despite some good plays due to his speed but not reliable. Adding Mallory to the mix just complicates things. It's why Minnesota (Badoo) and Atlanta (Mallory) passed on them. Carpenter is bad and Hasse is catcher only. So it's Greene - Meadows - Verling left to right for me and as G2 has said we should get started with that ASAP. Maybe use Badoo and Mallory for trades since they both are DH's but should have trade value to the right teams.

Need those two badly.